The winter storm bringing heavy snow and ice to parts of the Midwest will also bring the threat of severe weather to parts of the South and Southeast on Wednesday.

A tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 7:51 p.m. in effect until 8 p.m. The watch is for Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson,

A tornado in southern Mississippi was captured on video sending debris into the air on Wednesday. (Cody Stevens)

A tornado rolled through a Southern Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon damaging businesses and homes around the town of Columbia. Despite the time and afternoon that the severe weather struck, there were no reported injuries following the event.